Script help: Backing up Outlook Express account in Registry

[cyberyeye]

Hello all !

Outlook Express store all Email Account in this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts

Could anyone help me to do a little script wich backup only the "numeric sub keys" and excluding the others sub keys (listed from... \Accounts)

SubKeys to backup

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\00000001

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\00000002

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\00000003

...

SubKeys to exclude

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\Active Directory GC

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\Bigfoot

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\VeriSign

Internet Account Manager\Accounts\WhoWhere

I suppose that could be done with a batch using "for /f" but I don't know how to use this this famous for /f command lol

"REGEDIT /e "OE_Acc.reg" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts"

Wich obviously store all sub keys

Any help would be veeery appreciated

[Yzöwl]

This is suprisingly not as simple a task to do as you'd perhaps think!

Try this quick attempt and see how it goes:

OEAccBak.cmd

@Echo off&Setlocal
Set "_=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts"&Set "$=0"
>OE_Acc.reg (Echo:REGEDIT4&Echo:)
For /f "delims=" %%# In ('Reg query "%_%"^|Findstr/i \\accounts\\0000') Do (
	Call :S_ "%%#")
For /l %%_ In (1,1,%$%) Do Find /v "REGEDIT4"<$%%_#.log>>OE_Acc.reg
Del /q $*#.log
Goto :Eof
:S_
Set/a "$+=1"
Regedit/a $%$%#.log %1

[cyberyeye]

Thanks a lot Yzöwl

Tested, and it works perfectly !

This script does exactly what I was looking for

Great script for backing up OE account quickly !

Thanks thanks and many thanks again

[targa]

This is suprisingly not as simple a task to do as you'd perhaps think!

Try this quick attempt and see how it goes:

OEAccBak.cmd

@Echo off&Setlocal
Set "_=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts"&Set "$=0"
>OE_Acc.reg (Echo:REGEDIT4&Echo:)
For /f "delims=" %%# In ('Reg query "%_%"^|Findstr/i \\accounts\\0000') Do (
	Call :S_ "%%#")
For /l %%_ In (1,1,%$%) Do Find /v "REGEDIT4"<$%%_#.log>>OE_Acc.reg
Del /q $*#.log
Goto :Eof
:S_
Set/a "$+=1"
Regedit/a $%$%#.log %1

Is there a way to make a script to restore the mail accounts after effecting a fresh installation please?

Edited August 19, 2008 by targa